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Travel Nurse Tips: How to Succeed When Floating to New Units
Welcome back! Let’s get back to my first travel contract in Portland, Oregon! If you haven’t read my previous posts about my travel nurse...
Patrick Callang
May 29, 20234 min read


Sleep Better on Night Shift: Two Effective Routines for Night-Shift Nurses
Hafa adai and welcome back! Today’s post will start to make its way back to more nursing-related topics. If you’ve just recently started...
Patrick Callang
May 22, 20233 min read


Feeling Like a Fraud: Understanding and Coping with Imposter Syndrome in Nursing
Hafa adai friends! Another departure from my travel nurse blogs, but I’m sure I can tie this into my travel nurse journey somehow....
Patrick Callang
May 15, 20234 min read


Lyft Talks: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Hafa adai and kumusta! This blog post is going to be different from the past few blog posts I’ve written. I figured I’d try and feed my...
Patrick Callang
May 8, 20235 min read


My Night Shift Work Routine at the Medical ICU - Part 2
Welcome back! In my last post, I wrote about the first half of my night shift work routine. You can check out that post and others here!...
Patrick Callang
May 1, 20233 min read


My Night Shift Work Routine at the Medical ICU - Part 1
Welcome back! In my last post, I wrote about working with various types of providers and what I learned from them. You can check out that...
Patrick Callang
Apr 24, 20234 min read


Multidisciplinary Teams on my First Travel Nurse Assignment
Welcome back! In my last post, I wrote about my first few night shifts on my first travel nurse assignment. You can check out that post...
Patrick Callang
Apr 17, 20235 min read


Plug & Play: My First 3 Shifts at the Medical ICU
Welcome back! In my last post, I wrote about my first week of work. Most of that week involved orientation, modules, and touring the...
Patrick Callang
Apr 10, 20233 min read


Orientation for My First Week of Work on My First Travel Nurse Assignment
Håfa adai and welcome back! If you haven't read the previous posts on this series, check them out here! My first official week of work...
Patrick Callang
Apr 3, 20233 min read


A Little Bump in the Road to my First Travel Nurse Assignment
Håfa adai and welcome back! If you haven't read parts 1 to 4 yet, check them out here! GU to PDX Flying from Guam to Portland, Oregon...
Patrick Callang
Mar 27, 20233 min read


Travel Nurse Contracts & A Breakdown of My First Contract
Welcome back! If you haven’t read parts 1 to 3 of my “How I got my first travel nurse assignment…and maybe my last?” series, check them...
Patrick Callang
Mar 20, 20233 min read


Travel Nurse Agencies & How I Chose Mine!
Welcome back! If you haven’t read parts 1 and 2 of my “How I got my first travel nurse assignment…and maybe my last?” series, check them...
Patrick Callang
Mar 13, 20233 min read


Six-Thousand Miles from Home for my First Travel Nurse Assignment
Welcome back! If you haven’t read part 1 of my “How I got my first travel nurse assignment…and maybe my last?” series, check it out here!...
Patrick Callang
Mar 5, 20232 min read


How I got my first travel nurse assignment...and maybe my last?
Have you seen how much money travel nurses make? I did! My first encounters with travel nurses occurred during my first year as a new...
Patrick Callang
Feb 27, 20235 min read


3 Crucial Nutrition Supplements Proven to Help You Achieve Your Fitness Goals
As a nurse of 3+ years and fitness enthusiast of 9+ years, I am always looking for ways to supplement my fitness and nutrition goals. I...
Patrick Callang
Feb 13, 20233 min read


4 Ways Progressive Overload Will Really Help You Smash Your Fitness Goals
January of 2023 is over and we’re now into the 2nd month of the year. Are you sticking with your new year's resolutions? How many years...
Patrick Callang
Feb 6, 20232 min read


Here are 3 Ways Progress Tracking Can Help You Reach Your Fitness Goals in 2023
When 2023 rolled in, did you promise yourself you would set new goals for the year? Were your health and fitness a part of those goals?...
Patrick Callang
Jan 30, 20233 min read


What’s in My Wallet? A Credit Card Guide: Part 3 - Top 5 Reasons to Own the BILT MasterCard
Welcome back! If you’re new to my blog, check out parts 1 and part 2 of my “What’s in my Wallet?” series. As you’ve read in the title,...
Patrick Callang
Jan 21, 20233 min read


What’s in My Wallet? A Credit Card Guide: Part 2 - The Chase Trifecta & a Mystery Card
Welcome back! If you’re new to my blog, check out my first post on “What’s in my Wallet?” As you’ve read in the title, I’ll be going over...
Patrick Callang
Jan 12, 20234 min read


What’s in My Wallet? A Credit Card Guide: Part 1
Do you get those letters or emails from banks and financial institutions saying “Congratulations! You’ve been pre-approved for [enter...
Patrick Callang
Jan 5, 20233 min read
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